February 2010 Archives

MN Independence Party Reaches Out to Tea Party Activists

By d.eris on February 25, 2010 7:55 AM

One of the founders of the Minnesota Reform Party, Dean Barkley, has reached out to tea party activists with an open letter at Minnesota Tea Party Patriots entitled: “Don’t start your own party!…

California and Nevada Libertarians Unlikely To Oppose Registration Fee

By wredlich on February 25, 2010 1:04 AM

At the Feb. 14 meeting of the Libertarian Party of California Executive Committee meeting, there was discussion of whether to pass a resolution opposing any registration fee at the 2010 Libertarian Party national convention. …

Independent Voters and “Broken Government”

By Jordan Willow Evans on February 24, 2010 2:36 PM

Joe Gandelman writes at the Moderate Voice:

Is American government now “broken?” And, if so, how do independent voters view this and is there anything they can do to correct it?…

Florida: Fliers stir outrage by comparing Student Government party to Nazis

By on February 24, 2010 1:57 PM

Tomas Stewart
Gainesville Sun

Politics isn’t always pretty and Student Government politics at the University of Florida is no exception.

Fliers comparing one student government party to the Nazi Party, complete with a swastika, were posted on campus and at city bus stops Wednesday, prompting UF to look into the matter and one student to ask U.S.…

George Phillies: ‘What my friends and I did for Massachusetts Libertarians’

By IPR Contributor on February 24, 2010 1:36 PM

Posted by LNC chair candidate George Phillies at http://www.libertyforall.net/?p=3881:

How LAMA has changed since the 2006 State Convention – and all for the better.

In 2006, the Libertarian Association of Massachusetts was in sufficient straits that its regular yearly convention, which should have been called for April, did not occur.…

Nevada Poll for U.S. Senate Race Includes Tea Party Nominee

By on February 24, 2010 1:30 PM

Ballot Access News:

The Las Vegas Sun has this story about a poll in the U.S. Senate race. The story contains a link to the poll data that includes various Republicans, and incumbent Senator Harry Reid, and Tea Party nominee Jon Ashjian.…

Tea Party Movement Renews Demand that Tea Party, the Ballot-Qualified Party in Florida, Change Its Name

By Jordan Willow Evans on February 24, 2010 1:02 PM

Ballot Access News:

As noted earlier, on January 19, 2010, the South Florida Tea Party, Inc., had filed a federal lawsuit, demanding that the ballot-qualified Tea Party change its name.…

Lauro Garzo: Will Crypto-Libertarianism Doom the Republican Party?

By on February 24, 2010 12:31 PM

Posted by Lauro Garzo at Texas GOP vote:

Houston area Republican activist Bill Kneer posted the question on Facebook recently, “Will the Libertarian wing of our party destroy us like the socialist wing is doing to the Democrat party?”…

James Oaksun: Libertarian Party Vision 2016

By Jordan Willow Evans on February 24, 2010 12:08 PM

by James R. Oaksun
Candidate for LNC Treasurer

Graphic version at
http://bit.ly/Vision2016

What I’m driving at, is that it’s not enough for me to want to replace the incumbent or his clique.…

Posts published in February 2010